hungary

Presents the story of the Kalman family who traveled from Hungary to Austria during the Hungarian revolution in 1956, also provides a history of Hungary from 1848 to 1956, and a look at life under Communist rule.

"A behind-the-scenes look at diplomacy and international relations in post-Communist Eastern Europe." "Vera and the Ambassador is a book to be savored and enjoyed on many levels. Both a behind-the-scenes peek at the operations of a U.S. embassy in a post-Cold War former Soviet satellite and a personal story of a refugee's escape and triumphant return, Vera and Donald Blinken's dual memoir openly details their challenges, setbacks, and victories as they worked in tandem to advance America's interests in Eastern Europe and to restore a former Soviet satellite state to a pre-Communist level of prosperity." "Replete with colorful characters from the streets of Budapest, humorous scenes at the ambassadorial residence, and accounts of tense high-level diplomatic negotiations in the run-up to Hungary's vote to join NATO, Vera and the Ambassador shows how the Blinkens helped chart a new course for American diplomacy in the mid-1990s. Ultimately, it is also the story of how Hungarians came to see them personally, and memorably, as their Vera and their ambassador."--BOOK JACKET.

Memoir of a Hungarian woman who was imprisoned for several years in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.

Describes the home, customs, work, school, and amusements of two Hungarian sisters and their family living in Budapest.

A biography of the Swedish diplomat who helped save thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis before mysteriously disappearing when the Russians occupied Budapest.

Eva Mozes Kor details the experiences she shared with her twin sister Miriam when they were sent to Auschwitz as children and were forced to endure medical experiments and other horrors under the care of Josef Mengele.

The story of Hannah Senesh, Israel's national heroine, who was captured, tortured, and executed by the Nazis.

A peasant who tries to satisfy his wife by catching a wagonload of fish is outsmarted by a fox.

A biography of the Jewish heroine whose mission to help rescue European Jews in World War II cost her her life.